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Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu to lead Taobao and Tmall e-commerce business in latest reshuffle

BEIJING — Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu is taking over the top role at the company’s Taobao and Tmall e-commerce…

GPT and other AI models can’t analyze an SEC filing, researchers find

Large language models, similar to the one at the heart of ChatGPT, frequently fail to answer questions derived from Securities…

Generative AI has landed on Wall Street. Here’s how it can help propel ‘massive’ revenue growth

Like it or not, generative artificial intelligence has arrived on Wall Street — and experts expect it to transform the…

SoftBank-backed metaverse firm Improbable sells a key gaming venture for $97 million

Metaverse company Improbable has sold one of its key gaming ventures to London-listed video game developer Keywords Studios for £76.5…

Former Facebook diversity strategist pleads guilty to stealing more than $4 million from company

A former global diversity strategist at Facebook pled guilty to wire fraud after stealing more than $4 million from the…

$4.7 billion European fintech firm Pleo appoints new CFO, pointing to IPO hopes

Danish fintech firm Pleo has appointed a new chief financial officer, the company told CNBC exclusively, beefing up its executive…

SumUp, a rival to Jack Dorsey’s Block, defies fintech funding slump with $307 million cash injection

British payments startup SumUp, known for its small card readers, on Monday announced it has raised 285 million euros ($306.6…

China’s livestream shopping is booming, fueling new tech such as avatars and AI

BEIJING — Livestream shopping is taking off in China, driving development of new tech products such as virtual human streamers…

EU agrees to landmark AI rules as governments aim to regulate products like ChatGPT

The European Union on Friday agreed to landmark rules for artificial intelligence, in what’s likely to become the first major…

Robinhood launches crypto trading service in the EU

Online brokerage giant Robinhood on Thursday said it’s launching a cryptocurrency trading feature in the European Union, pushing further outside…